Red Star Over China (5) Urumqi Museum
Xinjiang city of Kashgar in western China's most
The years 1997-2000, a period of impressive
The next day arrived in Xinjiang, the autonomous regional government arranged for us to Yuanjiang cadres to visit in Urumqi city, due to give more consideration to safety factors, not arranged we went to tourist attractions, but arranged for us to visit the National Museum of Xinjiang, Tianshan Wool Museum and the Geology and Mineral Resources textile mills in order to allow us to have a basic understanding of Xinjiang.
Now people like to travel and historic sites, natural scenery, or take a look at cultural landscape, few people like to go to the museum. Here, I will soon travel to Xinjiang, a friend suggested, to Urumqi, some spots of the city there is no need to go (such as the Hongshan Park), and this museum really worth a visit, through visits to museums, make your customs in Xinjiang to have an initial understanding of human relationships, particularly in the minority in Xinjiang province, religious beliefs, different customs, understand the customs and habits of some ethnic minorities, religious taboos, etc., which is about to begin your travel in Xinjiang, very helpful, in order to avoid unnecessary travel troubles.
In our party visited the national museum of Xinjiang, but also made clear in advance of the museum field, the door armed police to strengthen the defense. Museum staff were also not sure we have the specific identity, but was told: "Today there are a number of important guests to come to visit", so you can see guide (instructors) Miss face with a puzzled expression clearly and carefully for the We give talks on these mysterious guests.
The museum is divided into different zones, there are areas of Mongolia, Kazakhstan area, the Tajik areas and cultural relics exhibition area. Display with all kinds of pictures, text descriptions, ethnic clothing, tools, decorations and other physical process, tour guides explain the serious and meticulous, and we visited also focus carefully. Exhibits an imaginative layout and displays, in particular, is worth a mention is found in ancient tombs in Xinjiang mummies of people, such as the famous "Loulan Beauty" of the mummy.
End of the tour, and there is a small episode. A staff member of the museum of our identity has been confused, whispered one of us: "You are what?" The man proudly replied: "Shandong come Yuanjiang cadre!" "Great! You to Which place? "" Kashi "" Oh ~ yo! how do you go there ~ one ~ place went to the then ~~!!?? how long? two months? half a year?? "" for three years! "look of shock E : "Great! great!!!" and then whispered: "Give you all guns of the bar is that Yuan Jiang ?"..... cadre turned pale!
Museum staff members do not understand there is a group of people we do at the time that case, voluntarily Kashi in southern Xinjiang region for three years. Because at that time was the social situation in Xinjiang, one of the most intense period, February 5, 1997, broke out in Yili Prefecture in Xinjiang Ili "2.5" incident, when the media, although not formally reported, but in the whole of Xinjiang is still quite a shock caused by big.
While the northern and the southern border provinces belong to the same one, but still have a certain gap between the vast majority grew up in northern Han Chinese had never been to southern Xinjiang region, especially at that time in 1997, Urumqi and other northern people in southern Xinjiang, "has dared touch it," there is a very small number of Xinjiang's ethnic separatism and religious extremists (in East Turkistan separatists based) and signs of a series of terrorist incidents and terrorism.
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Author: hcw1969
